are we going to become a country very, very dependent on big government that says give me all your money, give me your taxes and i will take care of you, or one that really says the individual has the right to keep more of their money, make more of their decisions and freedom is what made america the country that it is. that is fundamentally the question. but from a strategy or tactical standpoint, i think this was the time for him to get out there and clarify his remark. >> but isn't the problem that once again, mitt romney has flipflopped in spectacular fashion? he's now saying he was completely wrong and yet when you watch what he said, you know that he meant it. he meant it in that moment. just as he meant it when he said, when he was governor of massachusetts, he wanted to outlaw assault rifles or he wanted to be pro-choice with abortion. the man has a record of constantly flipflopping on issues, doesn't he? >> he does. and for the last five years, as he campaigned for president in 2008 and through the interim and in the course of this campaign, he's had every position on virtually